Close Relationships and Adjustment to a Life Crisis: The Case of Breast Cancer

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 283-294

  Bolger, Niall ^a   Vinokur, Amiram D ^b   Foster, Mark ^c   Ng, Rosanna ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY TEST; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0030077183     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.70.2.283     Document Type: Article

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